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| 10616903844 | authority | A reliable, respected source—someone with knowledge. | 0 | |
| 10616906718 | audience | the listener, viewer, or reader of a text | 1 | |
| 10616906719 | backing | Support or evidence for a claim in an argument | 2 | |
| 10616908925 | assertion | a confident and forceful statement of fact or belief | 3 | |
| 10616908926 | means vs. ends | Means are motivational only because they produce something else, whereas ends are self-motivating goals desired for no reason other than that is what a person wants. The balance of means goals and end goals can be used to theorize on what we do and why | 4 | |
| 10616911252 | deductive reasoning | reasoning in which a conclusion is reached by stating a general principle and then applying that principle to a specific case (The sun rises every morning; therefore, the sun will rise on Tuesday morning.) | 5 | |
| 10616911253 | inductive reasoning | A type of logic in which generalizations are based on a large number of specific observations. | 6 | |
| 10616916131 | alliteration | Repetition of initial consonant sounds | 7 | |
| 10616920965 | diction | the choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing. | 8 | |
| 10616920966 | denotation | the literal meaning of a word | 9 | |
| 10616920978 | connotation | an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning. | 10 | |
| 10616923342 | colloquial | Characteristic of ordinary conversation rather than formal speech or writing; often referred to as slang | 11 | |
| 10616923343 | formal diction | consists of a dignified, impersonal, and elevated use of language | 12 | |
| 10616923344 | informal diction | represents the plain language of everyday use, and often includes idiomatic expressions, slang, contractions, and many simple, common words | 13 | |
| 10616925818 | concrete language | Language that refers to things that can be perceived through the senses. | 14 | |
| 10616925819 | abstract language | describes ideas and qualities, rather than observable or specific things | 15 | |
| 10616925821 | mood | Feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the reader | 16 | |
| 10616928050 | imagery | Description that appeals to the senses (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste) | 17 | |
| 10616928051 | setting | The context in time and place in which the action of a story occurs. | 18 | |
| 10616928052 | figurative language | Language that cannot be taken literally since it was written to create a special effect or feeling. | 19 | |
| 10616930236 | allusion | A reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art | 20 | |
| 10616930237 | simile | A comparison of two unlike things using like or as | 21 | |
| 10616930238 | metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable. | 22 | |
| 10616932203 | personification | A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes | 23 | |
| 10616932204 | hyperbole | exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally. | 24 | |
| 10616932205 | understatement | the presentation of something as being smaller, worse, or less important than it actually is. | 25 | |
| 10616934191 | paradox | A statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth. | 26 | |
| 10616934192 | verbal irony | A figure of speech in which what is said is the opposite of what is meant | 27 | |
| 10616934193 | analogy | A similarity or comparison between two different things or the relationship between them. | 28 | |
| 10616936413 | anecdote | a short and amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person | 29 | |
| 10616939731 | metonymy | the substitution of the name of an attribute or adjunct for that of the thing meant | 30 | |
| 10616939732 | synechdoche | a figure of speech in which a part is used to represent a whole | 31 | |
| 10616941307 | rhetorical modes | describes the variety, the conventions, and the purposes of the major kinds of writing | 32 | |
| 10616941308 | exemplification | a pattern of writing or speaking which is characterized by using one or more particular cases, or examples, to illustrate or explain a general point or an abstract concept | 33 | |
| 10616943641 | cause/effect | noting a relationship between actions or events such that one or more are the result of the other or others. | 34 | |
| 10616943642 | description | the picturing in words of something or someone through detailed observation of color, motion, sound, taste, smell, and touch; one of the four modes of discourse | 35 | |
| 10616943643 | process analysis | the documentation and detailed understanding of how work is performed and how it can be redesigned | 36 | |
| 10616945262 | narration | writing that tells a story | 37 | |
| 10616947424 | comparison/contrast | A mode of discourse in which two or more things are compared and contrasted. Comparison often refers to similarities, contrast to differences. | 38 | |
| 10616947425 | exposition | a comprehensive description and explanation of an idea or theory. | 39 | |
| 10616954033 | argumentation | writing that attempts to prove the validity of a point of view or an idea by presenting reasoned arguments; persuasive writing is a form of argumentation | 40 | |
| 10616954034 | repetition | Repeated use of sounds, words, or ideas for effect and emphasis | 41 | |
| 10616956305 | point of view | the vantage point from which a story is told | 42 | |
| 10616958232 | first person | "I" and "Me" standpoint. Personal perspective. | 43 | |
| 10616958233 | second person | The narrator tells a listener what he/she has done or said, using the personal pronoun "you." This point of view is rare. | 44 | |
| 10616958234 | third person | Point of view in which the narrator is outside of the story or essay - an observer | 45 | |
| 10616959807 | subjective | based on or influenced by personal feelings, tastes, or opinions | 46 | |
| 10616959808 | objective | Factual, related to reality or physical objects; not influenced by emotions, unbiased | 47 | |
| 10616959809 | syntax | The arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language. | 48 | |
| 10616961579 | anaphora | the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses | 49 | |
| 10616961580 | antithesis | the direct opposite, a sharp contrast | 50 | |
| 10616966161 | asyndeton | the omission or absence of a conjunction between parts of a sentence. | 51 | |
| 10616973775 | polysyndeton | the use, for rhetorical effect, of more conjunctions than is necessary or natural | 52 | |
| 10616979483 | parallel sentence | a sentence that shows similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words | 53 | |
| 10616979484 | periodic sentence | a complex sentence in which the main clause comes last and is preceded by the subordinate clause | 54 | |
| 10616981094 | rhetorical question | A question asked merely for rhetorical effect and not requiring an answer | 55 | |
| 10616981095 | inverted syntax | A sentence constructed so that the predicate comes before the subject (ex: In the woods I am walking.) | 56 |
